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| Safety
Tips for Kids |
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| At Home |
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1. |
Teach your children their
full names, address, and
home telephone number. Make
sure they know your full
name. |
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2. |
Make sure your children know
how to reach you at work or
on your cell phone. |
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3. |
Teach your children how and
when to use 100 and make
sure your children have a
trusted adult to call if
they’re scared or have an
emergency. |
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4. |
Instruct children to keep
the door locked and not to
open the door to talk to
anyone when they are home
alone. Set rules with your
children about having
visitors over when you’re
not home and how to answer
the telephone. |
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5. |
Choose babysitters with
care. Obtain references from
family, friends, and
neighbors. Once you have
chosen the caregiver, drop
in unexpectedly to see how
your children are doing. Ask
children how the experience
with the caregiver was and
listen carefully to their
responses. |
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| On the Net |
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6. |
.Learn about the Internet.
The more you know about how
the Web works, the better
prepared you are to teach
your children about
potential risks. for more
information about Internet
safety. |
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7. |
Place the family computer in
a common area, rather than a
child’s bedroom. Also,
monitor their time spent
online and the websites
they’ve visited and
establish rules for Internet
use. |
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8. |
Know what other access your
child may have to the
Internet at school,
libraries, or friends’
homes. |
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9. |
Use privacy settings on
social networking sites to
limit contact with unknown
users and make sure screen
names don’t reveal too much
about your children. |
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10. |
Encourage your children to
tell you if anything they
encounter online makes them
feel sad, scared, or
confused. |
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11. |
Caution children not to post
revealing information or
inappropriate photos of
themselves or their friends
online. |
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| At School |
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12. |
Walk the route to and from
school with your children,
pointing out landmarks and
safe places to go if they’re
being followed or need help.
If your children ride a bus,
visit the bus stop with them
to make sure they know which
bus to take. |
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13. |
Remind kids to take a friend
whenever they walk or bike
to school. Remind them to
stay with a group if they’re
waiting at the bus stop. |
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14. |
Caution children never to
accept a ride from anyone
unless you have told them it
is OK to do so in each
instance. |
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| Out and About |
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15. |
Take your children on
a walking tour of the
neighborhood and tell them
whose homes they may visit
without you. |
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16.
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Remind your children it’s OK
to say NO to anything that
makes them feel scared,
uncomfortable, or confused
and teach your children to
tell you if anything or
anyone makes them feel this
way. |
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17. |
Teach your children to
ask permission before
leaving home. |
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18. |
Remind your children
not to walk or play alone
outside. |
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19.
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Teach your children to never
approach a vehicle, occupied
or not, unless they know the
owner and are accompanied by
a parent, guardian, or other
trusted adult. |
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20.
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Practice "what if"
situations and ask your
children how they would
respond. “What if you fell
off your bike and you needed
help? Who would you ask?” |
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21. |
Teach your children to
check in with you if there
is a change of plans. |
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22. |
During family outings,
establish a central,
easy-to-locate spot to meet
for check-ins or should you
get separated. |
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23. |
Teach your children
how to locate help at theme
parks, sports stadiums,
shopping malls, and other
public places. Also,
identify those people who
they can ask for help, such
as uniformed law
enforcement, security guards
and store clerks with
nametags. |
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24.
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Help your children learn to
recognize and avoid
potential risks, so that
they can deal with them if
they happen. |
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25.
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Teach your children that if
anyone tries to grab them,
they should make a scene and
make every effort to get
away by kicking, screaming,
and resisting. |
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